AlphaGo beats human Go champ in milestone for artificial intelligence
South Koreans watch a TV showing the historic match between Go champion Lee Sedol and AlphaGo at a Seoul train station.
(Kim Hee-Chul / European Pressphoto Agency) By Steven Borowiec, Tracey Lien
March 12, 2016 1:57 AM PT
Reporting from SEOUL
First went checkers, then fell chess. Now, a computer program has defeated the world’s top player in the ancient east Asian board game of Go a major milestone for artificial intelligence that brings to a close the era of board games as benchmarks in computing.
At the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo capped a 3-0 week on Saturday against Lee Sedol, a giant of the game. Lee and AlphaGo were to play again Sunday and Tuesday, but with AlphaGo having already clinched victory in the five-game match, the results are in and history has been made. It was a feat that experts had thought was s
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